While we agree that Inkscape, The Gimp etc. are capable of lifting some, if not most, of the task that is accomplished, they are for all the reasons I mentioned earlier (and more) not of equal value.
Calling them equivalent is deliberately misleading and simply not true.
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Why do so many (virtually all) software packages think that they are so important that they have to be started automatically every time the computer boots? What is the largest number of "speed access", "update check", "camera download" and whatever other background programs you have ever seen running? Of those, how many did you really need?
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